Example sentences of "had [been] so [adj] as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He disliked the use of extemporary prayers , saying , ‘ There needed no other confutation than to take them down in shorthand and shew them afterwards to those men that had been so audacious as to utter them . ’ |
| 2 | It was widely held that the Koreans would not be ready for independence when the war ended : memories of the closing phase of the Yi dynasty did not inspire confidence in Korean ability for effective government and the era of Japanese dominance had been so repressive as to necessitate a period of readjustment . |
| 3 | Men like Ryan , and probably Leo , could have their pick of women , which made it even more unbelievable that she had been so stupid as to believe Ryan . |
| 4 | He blamed the fall of the city on the impiety and general degeneracy of the people , who had been so foolish as to ally themselves with Christians in the first place . |
| 5 | As three men slowly looked away McLeish received the uncompromising message that if any of them had been so lucky as to have dinner with Catherine Crane , none of them would have let her pay for herself . |
| 6 | They never had been so unfortunate as to have intruders , and were unlikely to start now . |